Ubuntu
unity package

Newly opened window is not focused

Bug #918773 reported by Omer Akram
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #333366: New windows of nautilus get unfocused. Edit Remove
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Triaged
Low
Unassigned
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Make sure you follow the exact steps

1. start gnome-terminal
2. now start nautilus

What happens
nautilus window does not get focused as the menubar still shows menus of the terminal

What should happen
nautilus should be focused.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.0.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.15-generic 3.2.0
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Thu Jan 19 21:09:35 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120102)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Revision history for this message
Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
summary: - Focus does not change if a new window is created while the menu is being
- auto-shown
+ Newly opened window is not focused
description: updated
Changed in unity:
importance: Medium → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Low
Revision history for this message
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) wrote :

Nautilus seems the only affected application I've tested so far. So let's assign to it too.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) wrote :

Is this really related unity?
I'm wondering who's doing that...

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Well, focus isn't handled by the applications but by the wm usually, I could be wrong though but it would be weird if the issue was due to nautilus

Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity:
assignee: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) → nobody
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee: Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) → nobody
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